Republicans' details leaked to press as clampdown intensifies.

[Katayusha Mk2]

Two of those named were caught red-handed with a rocket launcher by undercover Brits and were subsequently acquitted!

As far as I remember they were arrested close to where an RPG was discovered and it came out at the trial that they had been instructed to be there by somebody who proved to be a British agent and eventually came to an untimely end. There was a question of entrapment and they weren't in actual possession of the weapon when arrested.

Why are the shinners doing what once was the job of the FRU?

[alex77]

The Sunday Life carried a sinister story entitled 'Unmasked: The men the government has accused of plotting a terrorist campaign' in last Sunday's edition. The article states:

A leaked government document has ‘unmasked’ alleged members of the Real IRA terror group which is trying to turn Northern Ireland into a war-zone.

The sensitive report, contained in a Northern Ireland Office Ministerial document, was obtained by Sunday Life just hours after dissident republicans tried to murder a Catholic PSNI officer in Fermanagh and blow up the Policing Board's Belfast HQ last weekend.

It names six men who the security services believe are now key figures in the Real IRA following the jailing of former leader Liam Campbell.

Four men are not only named but pictured in the article and this can only be seen as a prelude to the harassment and potential targeting of these men. This is not only blatant trial by media but must be seen in the same light as the collusionary passing of intelligence files to Loyalists except that now it is being done through the media in plain public view.

What sort of society allows for people to be blatantly targeted and libeled in this manner; not one that is normal by any stretch of the imagination.

What is most interesting is that this document was leaked from a 'ministerial office' to Ciaran Barnes, a PSF-linked journalist from the Anderstown News stable. Have PSF now fully accepted the mantle of collusion?

when you say psf linked ,is he a member???in the article it says that one of the men (38 which means he was born in 1971)was an active member of pira in mid 80s ,if you take mid 80s as 85 that means that he was 14,would this have happend.
"Two others are named in the official report but their identities cannot be made public because they are charged with serious crimes that are to go to trial."

this is what i was getting at in my earlier post ,having named them etc any further trial against them has been damaged...........although they done alrite so far which makes a change

[picador]

As far as I remember they were arrested close to where an RPG was discovered and it came out at the trial that they had been instructed to be there by somebody who proved to be a British agent and eventually came to an untimely end.

A euphemism surely.

There was a question of entrapment and they weren't in actual possession of the weapon when arrested

The justice system has been generous to these men.

Why are the shinners doing what once was the job of the FRU?

Why are you blaming Sinn Féin for the leak of the document?

[Katayusha Mk2]

After Murphy, Mullan and O'Connor were acquitted on the rocket launcher charges they acquitted of membership of a prescribed organisation - on the technical grounds that the Real IRA had not been specified as illegal at the time!

Funny you should mention that; here's a picture of Martin McGuiness in 76 outside the crum, just minutes after having his membership charges helpfully dropped by the same Diplock court that inexplicably dropped Adams' membership charges too less than a year later

[picador]

Wherever that photograph was taken it was not outside the Crum!

Don't know the details of McGuinness's case but Adams's case went to trial (Jeremy Paxman was one of the prosecution witnesses) and he was acquitted due to lack of compelling evidence.

[Katayusha Mk2]

Crumlin road court. Really smart diversionary attempt there, Pic.

[alex77]

is there a reason why you 2 dont get on

[Sync]

The identities of the accused, and the crimes mentioned aren't relevant. The question is, is it acceptable for police or government to leak information to newspapers in order to place suspicion on members of the public for crimes that presumambly can't yet be proven. In my opinion it isn't.

[Tom_Barry]

They have nothing in their whole imperial arsenal that can break the spirit of one Irishman who doesn't want to be broken.

[alex77]

The identities of the accused, and the crimes mentioned aren't relevant. The question is, is it acceptable for police or government to leak information to newspapers in order to place suspicion on members of the public for crimes that presumambly can't yet be proven. In my opinion it isn't.

+1..........is there any talk/rumours of which office the leak came from,the fact that they printed photos as well has put these men in danger and made them targets,